Alternate Designations: Andrew Sharpshooters
Commander: Capt. William Plumer (1823-1896).
Numbers: 50
Raised: Essex County.
Erected Spring 1886. Dedicated 1913.
Location: West side of North Hancock Avenue. Indicates position held July 3, 1863 while attached to Gibbon’s Division.
Description: A stone stele composed of pieces of marble is adorned on the front with a relief depicting the profile of a sharpshooter as he about to pull the trigger on his rifle. He holds the rifle up with his proper left hand and rests his proper right hand on the trigger. Monument is a Carrera marble shaft on a 4.10×1.10 sandstone foot base. The shaft has an excised sculpture and an incised inscription. Overall height is 4.8 feet. Fred M. Torrey was the piece’s sculptor.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Position Marker